Looks like definitive competition to the AW149, well done. Excellent decision to go with Canada PT-6C engine. Can't wait to try real world performance.
@@glenn9229 its also an extremly wasteful helicopter that needs tons of fuel, and is quite slow and lumbering, i would call that an easy target. Its just an older bigger helicopter.....the evolution is doing it with a smaller and more manouverable one
Yes l can imagine an SAS commander saying right lads were all just popping over to the outer hebrides for a good pint before training commences in this trial run helicopter. What a handsome looking flying machine.
Eine sehr schöne Maschine, optisch sehr gut gelungen 👍. Hoffentlich mit weniger Problemen belastet als so manch anderes Modell 🙏. Gefällt mir sehr gut und würde mir auch für die Bundeswehr gefallen 👍
Naja, wir haben ja schon (leider) eine nicht gerade kleine Flotte aus H135 Trainern, H145 und NH90 Hubschraubern. Aber kann mich dem nur anschließen
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Has it a heated rotor head? The swiss rescue corp REGA is on the search for heated rotor head so they can rescue mountaineers even in winter and bad weather.
None of the previous medium, large helicopters have ski/skid options. Wessex, Puma, Chinook. Flight crew just have to select a suitable LZ, just like all other helicopters.
Looks like it could do with an extendible rear hydraulic skid to cover over-enthusiastic fast stops in combat situations. I'm thinking here of something along the lines of the long rear tail wheel of the Black Hawks that cover that issue well. I could be wrong, but tail strikes look quite likely, at least from the way the machine held the flair very tail down in the video at 2:03.
Because NH90 is no Airbus Helicopters. It is the result of a conglomerate between Dutch, Germans, Italians, French, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegians and Belgians... Well, a mess. NH Industries is an joint venture between Airbus Helicopters, AgustaWestland (fused with Leonardo-Finmeccanica) and Fokker Technologies. Nobody will do this mistake again (two much demands and specifications = too complex, not "rustique" enough).
The NH90 is a fine aircraft let down by some operators and everyone blaming someone else for problems. New Zealand has the smallest fleet with the highest flying and serviceability rates in the world, just goes to show that its not what you have its how you use and maintain it.
@@Saukingalpha the Fox-trot means the reg starts with an F, which is the country identifier for French registered aircraft. The reg in this particular case is "F-WMXB"
@@Saukingalpha No, airbus does the final assembly of their aircraft in Marignane, France, and in Donauwörth, Germany, but they would move serial production to the UK for serial aircraft. And, as far as I am concerned, I believe the they use french test regs for all of their aircraft, but i could be wrong.
Actually Bell-Textron is about to begin a program to soup up the CH-146 with increased engines, radar, and gear to basically put it on par with the Blackhawk and AW139.
AW149 still looks and performs better, plus the UK Gov needs to support the already set up Leonardo Yeovil facility in the SW and the 4000 employees that rely on it. Especially after Airbus's awful performance with the NH90 in Europe and Australia...
Great chopper looks nice but don't try to tell me that it will be better for the environment lol. As if that matters, better efficiency is great better performance and all but don't try and greenwash it is just cringe.
@Remain Nameless final test and ground run, not production. That would be done in France still, it would not benefit the UK in the slightest only the French. The only way to fully support the UK would be to build in Yeovil.
You can unclip those middle seats and remove them, also you could fit two stretchers on either side anyways. Personally i think UK should go with the NH90/MH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter, most of Europe has gone with it as well as Australia. It can carry more and has better avionics... also looks sexier lol
@Babalonkie I understand they can be unclipped but it doesn't work like that on a battlefield. You need to be able to get a stretcher in, in front of those seats and the angle looks difficult with the size of the door. It was rare that helicopters were fitted just for stretchers. They have seats in for troops 99% of the time.
@@babalonkie Many nations are already abandoning their Nh90 fleets Australia and Norway included due to them being piles of junk, the maintenance on them is absolutely horrendous.
@@christasker2944 No, i have not been keeping track with recent events on it and missed this. A shame as they were the best looking heli's in any military, but clearly appear to be just another F-35 equivalent. But i guess i would choose this over a Blackhawk, European over American every day of the week.
Inevitably, fuselage shapes are governed by aerodynamics and objectives, and the Lynx was certainly wind tunnel tested for what was probably the longest of any helicopter of its time! The old saying goes that every helicopter looks like a Huey!
you "technically" could drive a Bus to the grocery store and get a lot of space for the stuff you need, but arguably you can do the same job with your utility car and a smaller boot. The negative side of the bus is that it burns fuel like no tomorrow and parking is usually a nightmare.
Doesn’t look very ‘battlefield’ it looks like a nice comfy aircraft, like the Merlin. Nice to look at but maybe not exactly what the soldiers would want? Big steps with heavy armour and kit doesn't always mean a quick entry or exit and the large egress points in the cabin won’t provide any ballistic protection when operating in hostile areas. I’m sure it’s a nice pilots aircraft….. but that’s not the point really. I like the continuity with the avionics from MFTS to the front line.
With the disaster of the NH90 being retired in Sweden Norway and Australia and the abysmal service record of the Tiger I wouldn't trust Airbus about helicopter: it's not that they are "bad concept" but they are acting as a committee where every participant has to bring and enforce an idea as a point of honour. France did a better job when Nord ans Sud Aviation were acting as aerospace company rather then being melted inside the Airbus political bureau. It it's simple and it works, the design has not been discussed enough!
Australia are in the process of trying to retire the NH90, they haven’t officially done it yet. The NH90 isn’t a disaster, the disaster comes from those who don’t care for the aircraft they have, in that they just throw money at the problem. New Zealand has the highest serviceability rate of any NH90 operator in the world, 75 % or there about’s. When the smallest fleet has the highest flying and serviceability rate, its not the aircraft that’s the issue.
@@daemonicust But the fact it has the smallest fleet explains why serviceability rates are so poor. The graph for serviceability rates is u shaped. This means very small and very large fleets have the best serviceability rates for the same airframe. Every other NH90 operating country has a medium sized fleet.
@@PrograError It is used everywhere. They basically have the monopoly for rescue, police and private aviation helicopters in Europe. The issues are with the military helicopters like NH90, Tiger. Helicopters like H135, H145 etc. have been solid for years.
@@Fr4Ged i would argue about his monopoly, that it's only "enforced", in Germany Spain and France and everywhere else where Airbus has a political leverage, through a semi protectionist attitude: everywhere else Leonardo Bell and Sikorsky dominates, including europe
@@104thMaverick is the fuel consumption that big? the front surface is small in comparison to the body and i guess the extra hydraulics/ electric motors for the up-down movement takes extra weight on it. plus you have more movement parts, witch breaks more frequently than static gear
No. NH90 is a mess, a joint venture of many U.E countries who came with their own specifications. Too complex. Terrible MCO. H175, like next H160, is an Airbus Hélicopter's, so Eurocopters one, so Aerospatiale one (junction between Nord Aviation et Sud Aviation) : established in Marignane, France (near Marseille). So, normally, a well-born one.
Over 2tons of fuel? How the heck u going to put that in the heli? Imagine 500 pcs of 4liters motoroil bottles... it might consume more than half of the heli itself...🤔🤔🤔
